Gulliver's Travels

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Through a series of shipwrecks and misguided voyages, Gulliver is captured by miniature people who wage war because of a religious disagreement over how to crack eggs; is sexually assaulted by giants; visits a floating island; and decides that the society of horses is better than that of his fellow ma! n. Tough, filthy, and incisive, this playful satire addressesâ€"among other topicsâ€"politics, religion, and society is presented here in its unexpurgated entirety. Also included is Alexander Pope’s Verses on Gulliver’s Travels, which he wrote for his friend Swift and which were included in very early editions of the book.

Gulliver's Travels, officially Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of several Ships is a novel by Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift.

The book presents itself as a simple traveller's narrative with the disingenuous title Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, its authorship assigned only to "Lemuel Gulliver, first a surgeon, then a captain of several ships".

The book contains illustrations and maps.Gulliver's Travels, officially Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts. By Lemue! l Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of several Shi! ps is a novel by Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift.

The book presents itself as a simple traveller's narrative with the disingenuous title Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, its authorship assigned only to "Lemuel Gulliver, first a surgeon, then a captain of several ships".

The book contains illustrations and maps.To say this is a classic of political and social satire is unfair, because Swift INVENTED the genre with this raucous novel.

The wayward traveler - Lemuel Gulliver - ends up on a series of bizarrely populated islands. First he is a giant among little people, but then sees the situation reversed when he's surrounded by giants twelve times his size. Next he finds himself in the clouds, in a society of devoted but ultimately hapless mathematicians. Lastly, his journey brings him to an island where incredibly noble horses must deal with a race of uncouth, reviled ape-men: the Yahoos. The satire is thick and unrelenting, but certa! inly not specific to the time and situation when Swift wrote it, and thus it has been read and beloved for centuries.